Apple was on Tuesday ordered to pay back a staggering €13 billion in taxes to the Irish government as the EU’s competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, continued her take-no-prisoners approach to state aid.
But don’t believe for a second that European politicians will be giving up their iPhones, or even cutting back on being pictured with them. Here are some well-known names brandishing their Apples.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron takes a selfie (note unimpressed youngster on the right) | Toby Melville/AFP via Getty Images
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders enviously eyes Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo’s iPhone | Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images
French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ségolène Royal takes a chance to add to her Pokémon Go haul | Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images
Francois Hollande has a lovely iPad case, but seems to have mislaid his tablet | Theirry Zoccolan/AFP via Getty Images
Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon checks Twitter at the Scottish parliament | Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images
Nigel Farage takes a polling day photo with a man who is either hoping for victory or not a fan of UKIP | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi checks his emails as he awaits the arrival of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko | Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel love apples… | Sean Gallup/Getty Images
…of all kinds | Adam Berry/Getty Images
Dutch far-right Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders takes a selfie with kindred spirit Marine Le Pen of the French National Front | Giuseppe Cacae/AFP via Getty Images